Integrated optical R-F spectrum analyzer

Claim 1

An integrated optical, real time R-F spectrum analyzer comprising a substrate; an active material overlying the substrate; a lasing medium located in the active material; waveguide means associated with the lasing medium for directing light generated from said lasing medium; a first distributed Bragg deflector means overlying the waveguide for directing light in the waveguide in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the waveguide through said active material; a second distributed Bragg deflector matched to said first Bragg deflector for receiving light therefrom; a plurality of waveguides of preselected resonances in said substrate adjacent said second distributed Bragg deflector manifold adapted to resonate at preselected light angles; detectors connected to the waveguides of said deflector manifold producing an output signal when a waveguide resonates, and a surface acoustic wave transmitter driven by a radio frequency and transmitting a strain wave whereby light transmitted from said first distributed Bragg deflector to said second distributed Bragg deflector manifold is altered through an angle characteristic of the frequency of the input to the transmitter and one of the preselected resonances in the said plurality of waveguides.